Prisoners able to vote under electoral law changes

All prisoners will be given the right to vote in ACT elections under proposed changes to electoral laws.

The changes are part of a Government bill introduced to the Assembly to tighten disclosure requirements for all political donations, with the threshold for reporting to be reduced to a thousand dollars.

Under the changes, all election material will have to state who is authorising the publication and on whose behalf.

The Attorney-General Simon Corbell says the Howard government tried to block prisoners from voting but the High Court found those serving less than three years in jail were entitled to vote.

He says the ACT is taking it further.

"What we are doing is clarifying the law to say that the right to vote is provided to all prisoners in the ACT for ACT elections regardless of the length of their term of imprisonment," he said.